25 September 2013, New York: UN Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos, European Union Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva (right) and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius called for urgent action to meet humanitarian needs in the Central African Republic (CAR), during a High-Level Meeting in the margins of the UN General Assembly. Credit: EU

July 2013, Kaga-Bandoro, CAR: The Humanitarian situation in CAR is catastrophic. The entire population - 4.6 million people - are affected. In recent weeks, the number of people displaced by fighting has almost doubled to 400,000. Credit: OCHA/C. Illemassene

25 September 2013, New York: During the High-Level Meeting, participants concluded that a significant increase in humanitarian funding was essential, and that a rapid improvement in security was a precondition for getting urgently-needed assistance to the worst-affected people. Credit: EU

July 2013, Kaga-Bandoro, CAR: "There is a real opportunity for the international community to make a difference in the CAR," said UN Humanitarian Chief, Valerie Amos. "We must invest in stability and recovery now. Failure to act will prolong and exacerbate the appalling conditions people are enduring. Credit: OCHA/C. Illemassene

25 September 2013, New York: "The conflict in CAR has created a desperate humanitarian crisis in a country where people already face a daily struggle to feed themselves," said EU Commissioner Georgieva. Credit: EU

25 September 2013, New York: The EU has provided approximately US$27 in humanitarian aid in 2013 - an increase of 150 per cent from 2012. "This has been the world's most forgotten crisis," said Commissioner Georgieva. "I am confident that the world is finally waking up to a crisis which has been ignored for too long." Credit: EU